floss

noun10

1. •
   A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
2. •
   Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.
3. •
   (UK) Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".
4. •
   A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.
5. •
   Raw silk fibres.
6. •
   The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.
7. •
   A body feather of an ostrich.

   • Flosses are soft, and grey from the female and black from the male.
8. •
   (UK) A small stream of water.
9. •
   Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
10. •
    (Scotland, Northern-England) The common rush (Juncus effusus).

verb3

1. •
   To clean the area between (the teeth) using floss.

   • I don't floss very often.
   • I floss my teeth twice a day.
2. •
   To perform the floss dance move.
3. •
   (slang) To show off, especially by exhibiting one's wealth or talent.

   • As the label's name no doubt implies, these rappers aren't your typical crew, even if they still like to floss and represent their city. — 2003

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of free/libre/open source software.

   • FLOSS has proven to be an extremely valuable tool for accelerating research in various fields of IT and engineering in order to address the needs of society in the future. — 2019